From March 1st, passenger travelling though Vilnius Airport will have the option of conveniently conducting the necessary Covid-19 test before or after the flight. Lithuanian laboratory “Rezus.lt” has opened a Coronavirus testing site in the premises of Lithuania’s main air gateway. The provider plans to open similar testing sites at Kaunas and Palanga airports in April.

EU criteria for safe and clean tourism, including a common vaccination certificate, should be a part of a new EU strategy on sustainable tourism, said MEPs.

“Belarusian electricity, which physically enters Lithuania via the BY-LT connection, is traded in the Latvian bidding area – in this way, Lithuania is consuming and paying for Belarusian electricity. This poses a threat to the Baltic electricity network synchronisation project, creates dependence on imports from third countries, and thus hinders the achievement of the European Union’s renewable energy targets,” said Minister of Energy Dainius Kreivys, who met remotely today with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson.

Key priorities of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania for cyber security are the following: to ensure effectively cyber security of critical information resources managers, to strengthen the resilience of cyberspace, to prevent the spread of technologies from unreliable manufacturers, and to complete the consolidation of national cyber capabilities. The priorities were presented on February 19 by Vice Minister of National Defence Margiris Abukevičius in a remote meeting of the Cyber Security Council of Lithuania.

On 10 November 2020, the Parliament, Council and Commission approved plans establishing the EU's space programme for 2021-27 and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme. Parliament will vote on the €14.8 billion space programme in March 2021. IThe programme brings all space-related activities together and covers Galileo, Copernicus and Space Situational Awareness.

MAAS Aviation, recognised experts in aircraft painting and exterior coatings, has opened a new purpose-built paint shop at Kaunas Airport (KUN). The facility, which is the first of its kind in Lithuania, grows MAAS Aviation’s global footprint to eleven best-in-class paint shops and increases their overall MRO capacity in Europe by 40%. Designed to achieve the highest industry quality standards, the facility features the very latest technologies, including systems to ensure safe and secure operations and to manage the environmental impact of the Company’s activities.

The European Union has announced today an additional €500 million for the COVAX Facility, doubling its contribution to date for the global initiative that is leading efforts to secure fair and equitable access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in low and middle-income countries. This new pledge brings us closer to achieving COVAX's target to deliver 1.3 billion doses for 92 low and middle income countries by the end of 2021. Team Europe is one of the lead contributors to COVAX with over €2.2 billion, including another €900 million pledged today by Germany.

The Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys had a remote meeting with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Lithuania Matthias Sonn.

the Commission is proposing immediate action to prepare Europe for the increased threat of coronavirus variants. The new European bio-defence preparedness plan against COVID-19 variants called “HERA Incubator” will work with researchers, biotech companies, manufacturers and public authorities in the EU and globally to detect new variants, provide incentives to develop new and adapted vaccines, speed up the approval process for these vaccines, and ensure scaling up of manufacturing capacities.

The actual data shows that at the beginning of this year, with the start of the commercial operation of the Belarusian nuclear power plant, the physical flow of electricity produced in Belarus increased significantly. At the same time, more than three times increased trade on the Latvian-Russian border confirms that electricity produced in an unsafe power plant finds the way to enter the Lithuanian market as well as the EU market.